Arable advocacy?
OPINION: Spare a thought for the arable farmer, squeezed on one side by soft global prices and on the other…
The 2017 New Zealand kiwifruit season is underway with the first ship, the Asian Adonis, set to sail to Shanghai this week with 840,000 trays of Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit.
ASB has appointed Richard Hegan as general manager of its rural business.
The latest high-power tractor to top the six model Massey Ferguson 8700 series is the new 8740, which hits the magic 400hp mark at rated output and peaks at 407hp.
Heading into the second event at its new home in Kirwee, the South Island Agricultural Field Days (SIAFD) is thriving and growing.
Promising something for every visitor to its 600 exhibitor sites, South Island Agricultural Field Days (SIAFD) is just around the corner.
It was always going to happen, so no surprise that Harper Adams University, UK is combining all the facets of high-tech agriculture to grow a ‘hands-free hectare’.
If you can remember tractors like the IH 444, 784 and 885 you’ve probably got a grey hair or two.
The three sheep and beef finalists for this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy competition have been named.
Most people who have farms dogs will have problems with them in some form or another; a dog will have either a bad habit or an irritating quirk.
The Hound sees that the temporary leader of the Labour Party, Andrew Little, is not averse to employing Trump-like tactics, i.e. making up political claims using ‘alternative facts’.
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Your canine crusader is not surprised to learn that the huge, multinational, tax dodging, political lobby group Greenpeace does not allow the facts to get in the way of its worldview and fund raising efforts.
Your old mate sees that Auckland water and wastewater provider Watercare is making a big song and dance about its donation of $200,000 – over four years – to help clean up the Waikato River.
Today is World Water Day and the Bay of Plenty Regional Council has organised celebrations.
'Farm Smart, Farm Longer’ is the goal of the East Coast Farming expo, with two full days of seminars to help farmers achieve this.
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Gaslight much?
OPINION: Labour leader Chris 'Chippy' Hipkins is carrying on the world-class gaslighting of the nation that he and his cohorts…
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